tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86371819956072252182014-10-01T01:49:10.502-05:00The Hawkeye CompulsionBlack Heart / Gold PantsJHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-76168917702725234552007-09-11T08:41:00.000-05:002007-09-11T08:52:46.744-05:00You Don't Have to Go Home, but You Can't Stay HereCue the mothafuckin' Jeffersons:We're movin' on up...to a new site. Come visit us at our dee-luxe apartment at Black Heart Gold Pants (www.blackheartgoldpants.com). All the same Hawkeye fun, none of that unsettling blogspot aftertaste.See ya there.THCHawkeye Statehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-53672696378046362312007-09-10T10:11:00.000-05:002007-09-10T10:53:23.737-05:00Damnable real world!We've got a lot on our plates not only here at THC (oh boy, have we got lots to talk about, readers), but in the real world as well. So pardon our momentary lack of content while we take care of earning a living.The upcoming week will feature brawls, defensive lunacy, exploding spaceships, liberal use of the "iowa state sucks so bad" tag, a wonderful change of scenery for us... and murder.Stay Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-82344888681012967332007-09-09T18:10:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:29.319-06:00Wha Happened? Week 2Iowa 35 - Syracuse 0We will, of course, go over this game in much more detail tomorrow, but here's what you need to know: the Iowa defense is very good, and the Syracuse football team is not. The Flyin' Hawaiian, TE Tony Moeaki, gained more yards in three quarters than Syracuse did all game long. It's not time to start reserving your tickets to Pasadena yet, but the plain and simple fact is that JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-81022165363647247722007-09-09T09:45:00.000-05:002007-09-09T10:00:21.154-05:00FOOTBALL EXPERT(S?)Every once in awhile, something falls into your lap. You can't believe your luck and don't know what to do with it. I say you because that never happens to me. I always know what to do and now this is happenin'. We were talking Big East football, at EDSBS a couple months ago, and my partner, OPS, said something so ridiculous, I had to confirm that he wasn't sniffing glue (which is why it took me JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-78534330656297665712007-09-08T11:42:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:30.653-06:00HERE'S THE THING: WEEK 2 - THE RESUME GAMESyracuse travels to Iowa today for what I like to call a "resume game" for Greg Robinson. He knows he can't win, he's waiting to be fired at his current job, and he's just looking for a soft place to fall. You watch him when he greets Coach Ferentz at the end of the game, that's not a playsheet he's surreptitiously handing him, it's a resume. Hang on, first, let me tell you how Greg Robinson got JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-74414627382384416832007-09-07T16:31:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:30.889-06:00There's a game on Saturday?Think about the Syracuse football program. Do it. DO AS I SAY! Now, consider the names that come to mind: Donovan McNabb, Marvin Harrison, Troy Nunes, Larry Csonka, Jim Brown, etc. Their post-WW2 history is dripping with big names--big names that haven't been there for a long, long time. Now, without looking, name one current all-conference Syracuse player. Hell, name one current Syracuse player.Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-72838713788535731442007-09-07T09:04:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:31.161-06:00IT'S GO TIME! (part 2)So, the Zooker read my gambling post (below this one) and was a little miffed he didn't get mentioned. He's been calling me at least once a week since the Big 10 Media Conference. I finally gave him my AIM so he'd lay off on the drunk dials. The following is the unedited chat log from our conversation at 3:30 this morning: 3:34 AM ZookHook: what up, brah??? 3:35 AM ZookHook: YO!! I see yer lite. JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-57435534608691152162007-09-07T02:08:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:32.476-06:00IT'S GO TIME!We don't gamble here at THC. It's a dangerous habit that's torn away at our nation's fabric. It's particularly disturbing when you read how many college kids are throwing away hard earned beer money to bookies. It's a national tragedy. However, we can't stop you from gambling and we're not judging you. In fact, we're here to help! So if you're going to gamble, stop by here first, and we'll guide JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-54908467142112455942007-09-05T21:58:00.000-05:002007-09-05T22:14:44.908-05:00"Say What You Will About the Tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at Least it's an Ethos"You thought we were tough on Brian Morelli's Carl-Monday-esque look at Facebook. From last Wednesday's Press-Citizen letters to the editor:The article on football players' facebook pages was interesting ("Alcohol abundant on players' sites," Aug. 23), in its association of disgusting misogyny with alcohol abuse, and in how it provided a springboard to change the subject midstream, and hype the Hawkeye Statehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-21690176174945778732007-09-05T18:58:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:37.163-06:00Not the Clone Zone, But it's Close: Big Ten Bloggers RoundtableThis week's Big Ten Blogger roundtable is brought to you by PSU blog There Is No Name on My Jersey, which is preparing to keep the echoes asleep this weekend.1. Clearly, Week 1 was a huge week for upsets with Appalachin St. beating Michigan and Clemson beating FSU (though if that really shocked anyone I'd be surprised). What are your upset games for Week 2 and why?We certainly have a liberal Hawkeye Statehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-74286022831929650552007-09-05T14:31:00.000-05:002007-09-05T14:59:10.177-05:00BLOGPOLL: WEEK 1Less predictiony/More predilectiony RankTeamDelta1LSU 1 2Southern Cal 1 3West Virginia 04Oklahoma 2 5Louisville 5 6Florida 2 7California 7 8Texas 3 9Arkansas 0 10Penn State 3 11Ohio State 0 12Wisconsin 3 13Georgia 9 14Georgia Tech 12 15Virginia Tech 816Oregon 4 17UCLA 1 18Boise State 8 19Auburn 7 20Nebraska 1 21Rutgers 0 22Iowa 2 23Hawaii 2 24Alabama 4 25South Carolina 8 Dropped Out: Michigan, JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-11012807713395015432007-09-05T12:35:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:37.425-06:00Syracuse Man is robbing you of the will to liveThere is nothing about Syracuse Man to like, but it's his eyes that reach into your soul and turn your joie de vivre into a festering mass of decay and filth. You cannot look away from Syracuse Man, and you will never, ever be the same.Gaze upon my wig and tremble, puny human!(HT to TV Tan Lines)Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-74462275831811458502007-09-05T11:42:00.000-05:002007-09-05T11:47:29.180-05:00Alex Kanellis's career is overWe mentioned last week that Alex Kanellis would be hanging up the cleats for the year. As it turns out, the concussions are forcing Alex off the field for good.Eric Page over at the QC Times' Hawkmania.com (the site that should have replaced HawkCentral in your bookmarks long ago) has a writeup about Kanellis, and it's predictably depressing.“You have to be smart,” Ferentz said. “Everybody’s Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-79438283341673706662007-09-04T20:08:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:37.825-06:00An Open Letter to Andy Brodell's HandsDear Andy Brodell's hands,In the past, I have repeatedly compared you to cloven hooves. I have said you couldn't catch a cold. I have blamed you for the Indiana loss and the end of Drew Tate. I have ripped you so vigorously that my father has dubbed your owner "the whipping boy."But it is a new season, and a new start for all of us. And so I write you to apologize. We might have gotten off Hawkeye Statehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-5115886344686426192007-09-04T19:00:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:38.292-06:00Travis Meade is an acrobatic loverThere were plenty of expressions of joy from the players on Saturday, but none were as poignant and awe-inspiring as Travis Meade's celebration with unwitting teammate Damian Sims:What a masterful run! Allow me to perform a Flying Romanian Throatclogger!Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-91531065379338318852007-09-04T15:54:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:38.604-06:00Revisiting the Douglas/Bowman AffairIn the weeks since his arrest, it seems like Anthony Bowman is going about his punishment the right way. He is open and apologetic to the media, and he sounds as if he understands why he's being punished. Now, unless we learn that his involvement in the case was much smaller than earlier reports indicate, he'll likely be suspended for the year--heck, even if he isn't, he's so far behind in Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-56648770023306187302007-09-04T11:18:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:39.158-06:00Keeping The Man Busy, Week 2Here's why athletic directors are frowning this morning... And if we find out he let you change the preset radio stations, so help us God...: On Friday, Texas suspended wideout Billy Pittman for three games for the unspeakably criminal act of borrowing a friend's car during the summer. The NCAA equates such an act with a renunciation of one's amateur status, which is helpful knowledge if you Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-80881104226500899992007-09-03T20:18:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:40.278-06:00NIU QB Dan Nicholson speaksThis is such bullshit.We got ready for the game by watching film of the Hawkeyes last year, and we were excited. How could we lose? They had good linebackers, a wholly immobile defensive line, and a secondary made of tinder and oily rags. I saw what Kellen Lewis did, and Kellen Lewis is no Dan "The Danimal" Nicholson.Yeah. So imagine my joy when I drop back on third and decent during our very Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-30346326977454868732007-09-02T17:57:00.001-05:002007-09-02T18:17:32.985-05:00Initial BlogPoll: Week 1Things just got real. I've watched 12 games and read 50 recaps and box scores since we last met. My eyes are bleeding from football and I wouldn't have it any other way. We have a new #1, Michigan is gone, and so is Arizona (perhaps I was wrong about them). Boise State and Georgia Tech have joined the party. I shifted the poll liberally, based on what I saw and what I read. These spots aren't an JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-11743924121851481272007-09-02T08:09:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:41.729-06:00Wha Happened? Week 1Iowa 16 - Northern Illinois 3Iowa's D was ferocious, holding NIU to 20 yards on the ground. Jake Christensen was poised. We had no turnovers. Albert Young and Damian Sims went over 100 yards. There's clearly room for improvement but on the whole, I'm very happy with their performance. We will have a much more comprehensive look at this game later.Indiana 55 - Indiana St 7An emotional win for the JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-8484653569612467802007-09-01T05:32:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:42.399-06:00Here's The ThingEvery week we'll be bringing you the "most important thing" to watch for that week in Iowa's game. Whether you're an expert or a novice, you'll be able to look for one thing and know, right away, if the Hawkeyes are going to win. This week is particularly easy: If we stop the run up the middle, we win. It really is that simple. If you look at film from 2002-2004 you'll find an Iowa team that was JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-80643820862833984312007-08-31T14:25:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:44.199-06:00There's a game on Saturday?Lost amidst all the hub and/or bub about the off-season here at THC is the fact that Iowa actually has a game tomorrow, and it's actually against a different team. It actually never dawned on us until Thursday night that we'd never even talked about the opponent (as JHC put it, "God we're idiots.").Here's what to expect from Northern Illinois, a team that played Iowa to an even closer game than Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-83590048234140580652007-08-31T07:50:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:44.579-06:00The Morning After - Cyclone EditionLet's get this out of the way right now -- we didn't start this site to attack Iowa State. This is about Iowa, the Big 10, and college football. So just know, going into this season that this isn't the place to get your Cyclone abuse on. Iowa State lost, 23-14, last night in their season opener to Kent State. 1st year Head Coach Gene Chizik sounded tighter than a drum on his radio show the other JHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-13408660029791248922007-08-30T18:40:00.000-05:002007-08-31T00:33:28.536-05:00Big 10 Preview: WisconsinWisconsin is a complete enigma. I have no idea how good they're going to be, and I don't really feel like doing research to find out. So, rather than write a half-ass preview, I got a Wisconsin football expert to write the preview for me. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Wisky preview, courtesy of ZTA sorority social co-chair Tabetha SmithI interviewed Tabetha at Brother's Bar & Grill in Hawkeye Statehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-85532880042244478582007-08-30T16:27:00.000-05:002008-11-15T01:23:45.088-06:00The hell with the BTN, put me in THE CLONE ZONE!The Big Ten Network has been taking its lumps for its role in hostage-like negotiations, and rightfully so. There's something confusing and backwards about a network acquiring rights to games before taking care of distribution, but clearly I've got a lot to learn about negotiation and corporate greed.Anyhoo, if the deal gets done, then you'll pay a little more per month and you'll be able to Adam Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.com10